The Australian Government has established the Fiji Program Support Facility (the Facility) to implement its education, health and scholarship aid programs in Fiji and its scholarship program in Tuvalu. The Facility will also support the delivery of Australia’s emergency response efforts following natural disasters, and governance sector support when requested by the Fiji Government.

Support to Fiji’s health sector is a key component of the Facility. The focus of the support is on strengthening health service delivery as well as health systems strengthening, in particular financial planning, policy and management.

Coffey, through the Facility, is seeking applications for a key technical adviser, Fiscal Planning and Budget Management Adviser to contribute to the health program’s goals.

The Position

The Fiscal Planning and Budget Management Adviser – Health will work with senior managers across the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MoHMS) and other key stakeholders to:

Undertake a review, including consulting and engaging with key colleagues in the MoHMS and stakeholders through workshops and interviews, to understand the current fiscal planning and budget processes and key challenges;

Support some key areas ahead of the Improvement Plan being complete, including supporting some managers to develop their budget bids for 2018/19; and

Support the implementation of the Improvement Plan in key areas to be agreed by the MoHMS and Health Program.

The Person

The ideal candidate will have relevant tertiary qualifications, combined with demonstrated senior level experience in developing or reviewing and improving budget cycle management processes in government agencies in developing countries, ideally in the health sector. Experience both costing health services and preparing budgets for service delivery as well as managing to those budgets within delegation rules will be required. A commitment to addressing development issues such as gender equity, social inclusion and disability is also desired. Previous experience working in teams and mentoring and coaching professional colleagues from different social cultural backgrounds is required for success and experience in Fiji or the Pacific is desirable.

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